Category: N

A doctor who specialises in the study and treatment of mental and nervous disorders.  

Referring to neuropsychiatry.  

Surgery to repair damaged nerves. Surgical restoration of a nerve, like nerve grafting.  

The study of diseases of the nervous system. Neuropathology places a special emphasis on neurological causes and effects, especially the structural and functional changes caused by brain and nervous system disease. Neuropathologists are generally involved in research and diagnosis but not with treatment. The branch of pathology that covers the reasons for and consequences of…

A condition in which the bladder does not function properly because its nerve supply is damaged, e.g. due to an injury to the spinal cord. A urinary bladder with complete or partial loss of sensation. As there is no sensation of fullness, the individual is either unable to pass urine (retention of urine), or the…

A condition, similar to multiple sclerosis, in which a person has acute myelitis and the optic nerve is also affected. A condition that is closely related to multiple. sclerosis. Typically there is a transverse: myelitis, producing paralysis and numbness of the legs and trunk below the inflamed spinal cord, and retrobulbar (optic) neuritis affecting both…

The point where a motor nerve joins muscle fibre. Area of contact between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies. A neurotransmitter passes across the small gap (synapse) between the motor end plate of the motor nerve and the muscle, triggering contraction of the muscle. Also called myoneural junction. The meeting point of a…

An evaluation of the health of a person with a disorder of the nervous system, using interviews, a physical examination, and specific diagnostic tests, sometimes with the help of a family member or close friend.  

The point where a nerve joins the gland which it controls.  

A disturbance of the bladder function caused by lesions in the nerve supply to the bladder. Urinary bladder that functions abnormally because of a nervous system lesion. Urinary bladder dysfunction including incomplete emptying, urinary retention, and frequent infection resulting from impaired nervous system functioning. Any dysfunction of the urinary bladder caused by lesions of the…